Arrive in Tegucigalpa at any time on November 19, leave any time
on November 27

Delegation Fee: $950

Covers all meals, lodging (double occupancy), travel within the
country and translation. It does not cover travel to and from Tegucigalpa,
Honduras.

On November 24th elections will take place in
Honduras, four years after an SOA graduate led military coup ousted democratically
elected President Manuel Zelaya and unleashed intense repression and violence
nationwide. The national resistance movement formed in response to the coup has
created a new political party, LIBRE, that is running candidates for President,
Congress, and Mayor's offices throughout the country.

The School of the Americas Watch is inviting a small group to
witness and report on the November presidential election in Honduras. Across
Honduras, there is hope that these elections may bring some relief to four
years of spiraling repression and violence, imposition of extreme right wing
policies, and an imploding economy.

LIBRE presidential candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, wife of
the deposed president Manuel Zelaya, is leading the polls, but LIBRE candidates
and activists face repression, death threats, and many fear fraudulent
elections. The military currently patrols many parts of the country and human
rights violations are rampant.

The delegation will be led by Brigitte Gynther who has been in Honduras for the past year as a human rights
accompanierand coordinator of the SOA Watch's Stories of Honduras
project. She has accompanied and spent extensive time with human rights
organizations, social movements, and others standing up for justice in post-coup
Honduras.

The group will meet with key organizations and individuals and
serve as human rights observers in order to gather on-the-ground information
and share that with the SOA Watch movement. The group will also be flexible to
respond to and document situations that arise in the context of the elections.
The group will work together to document the situation, report on the results,
and monitor the response by government and other parties.

In order to have more freedom of movement before and during elections,
participants will not be official electoral observers. For
those who are interested in doing official electoral observation, there are
several organizations under the Honduras Solidarity Network that are organizing
delegations that are planning to be official election obserers. Please feel
free to write Dale Sorensen for more information at
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We encourage those who have had previous experience in Latin
America to apply. Basic conversational Spanish is highly encouraged but not
required. Meetings and presentations will be translated for those who do not
speak Spanish.

Security risks in
Honduras

Honduras currently has
the highest murder rate in the world and is in the midst of a severe human
rights crisis. Social movement leaders, opposition candidates, lawyers,
journalists, and many others face death threats, repression, and murder.
There is widespread distrust of the police for their involvement in murders
and extrajudicial killings. The US State Department Travel Warning for
Honduras is here: http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_6007.html

Numerous international
delegations have visited Honduras recently and several will be in the country
at the time of the elections. The SOAW delegation will be guided by
SOAW's activante in Honduras who is experienced in dealing with security and human
rights in Honduras. There will be a discussion about security upon the
delegations' arrival. We share this information with you so that you are
aware of the situation in Honduras and can make an informed decision about
traveling to Honduras taking into account the risks involved. We are
happy to talk more with you about the risk and security situation if you have
any questions.

Housing

Participants will be
lodged in modest but comfortable guest houses or hotels. The additional fee for
a single room is $200.

Travel

All participants must
arrange their own travel to and from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where you will be
met by delegation organizers. Please do not purchase tickets until we notify
you of your acceptance. Delegates should plan on arriving in Tegucigalpa
any time on November 19 and leaving any time on November 27.

Required
documents

Passport that is valid for at least6months from the time of departure
fromHonduras (If your passport expires before May 27, 2014, you
should renew it)

Application
process:

Download and fill out
the application that is attached and send it either

by email to:
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, or

by regular mail to

Mary Anne Perrone

1120 Brooks St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

After we notify you of
your application of your acceptance, we will ask that you send Mary Anne a
copy of your passport.

Delegation Fee

The delegation fee of $950 covers all meals,
lodging (double occupancy), travel within the country and translation. It does
not cover travel to and from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. An additional $200 can be
paid for those wanting a single room.

Payment

Deposit
of $200

Once you are notified
of your acceptance, we require a non-refundable $200 deposit to reserve your
spot. Please send a check made out to SOA WATCH to:

Mary Anne Perrone

1120 Brooks St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Remaining
payment of $750

This payment is due by
October 30, 2013. Please send a check to SOA WATCH to

Mary Anne Perrone

1120 Brooks St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Questions:

Feel free to contact
Lisa Sullivan at
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